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Emily's avatar

My Czech friend’s daughter’s coloring book had a defenestration scene in it in the year 2023!

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Reids on Film's avatar

Clearly it's a People of Prague thing. The Czech foreign minister Jan Masaryk was thought to have 'jumped' out of a window to his death in 1948. It took until 2004 before the 'authorities' realised he hadn't jumped but was pushed.

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Allison Epstein's avatar

well-known fact that children love defenestrations!!!

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Aaron's avatar

“Out the window…Buzz, you’re a genius!”

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Allison Epstein's avatar

NEVER pass up an opportunity to quote Tom Hanks in Toy Story is what I always say, thank you for being on my wavelength

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Camilla Joy's avatar

Your humor is Top Tier 😂 *sparkling window yeeting* had me rolling! Thank you so much for this fantastic rollercoaster of defenestration accounts. Absolutely amazing 😂

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Ann Foster's avatar

And you fucking kidding me ** shakes fist ** "defenestration" is one of my FAVOURITE words/concepts, this is incredible, Pulitzer Prize for puns, no notes, perfection

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Michael Dunne's avatar

You would think after the first two times the City Council would change their meeting place to the ground floor.

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Allison Epstein's avatar

this is a REALLY GOOD POINT

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Aaron's avatar

Maybe this occurred to them, and they arranged for something to break their fall.

“That crowd looks restless. Maybe there should be something, you know, soft below the window?”

“Hmm, good point, but it’s a long drop. What would even help?”

“You’re not going to like this, but hear me out…”

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Switter’s World's avatar

Unpaid endorsement: I feel so good after reading about these dirtbags, because I know with certainty I’m not good enough to make the list. Sure, I leave the toilet seat up once in a while. Sure, I leave underwear and socks laying around once in a while, but I don’t chew tobacco or throw fast food wrappings out the car window. Thanks for the rush I feel knowing I won’t make it into the dirtbag major leagues.

Also, I leave the car seat adjusted where my wife left it. That right there cancels my dirtbag card.

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Allison Epstein's avatar

refrain from throwing people out of windows and you are probably safe from my coverage!!

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Switter’s World's avatar

Probably safe? There’s room for doubt?

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TexasDumb's avatar

Allison, I bought both of your books and I'm halfway through "A Tip for the Hangman". What a fun read! I'm sitting in the dark now, courtesy of Hurricane Beryl, but I'll probably finish it tonight. Great writing!!

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Allison Epstein's avatar

oh my gosh, thank you so much!! and please stay safe!!

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Elle Griffin's avatar

Your dialogues are always so good I want you to rewrite Shakespeare in a way that doesn’t put me to sleep thank you

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Allison Epstein's avatar

omg how can I make this my job??

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Liz Zimmers's avatar

This was the best history lesson I have ever received!

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Nina's avatar

I LOVE THIS SO MUCH! Thank you 🙂

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The Scholar's avatar

I don't know what shocked me more, the throwing people out the window or the immediate afterwords heart attack of a KING because of it. Either way, this was a good read and interesting period of time i've never heard of (wow I feel smarter now). Thank you for sharing.

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Good Humor by CK Steefel's avatar

Love this. Maybe there were street cleaners whose job description included picking up bodies outside windows.

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Peter T Hooper's avatar

“I can’t stop looking at it.”

Why does he have a bra on his head?

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Allison Epstein's avatar

IS WHAT I WANT TO KNOW

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Rhiannon D'Averc's avatar

I came here to join the chorus of bra questionners. I... can't stop thinking about it. Was this truly the fashion of the time? Did the inventer of the bra look at that image in a museum and have a lightbulb appear over their head? What on earth is happening

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Allison Epstein's avatar

clearly I missed my opportunity to caption that image "Good King Wencesbras"

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Reids on Film's avatar

That is not a bra. It is a pair of Dr Dre's Beats StudioXVII...

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Logan Ashe Darrow's avatar

Brilliant!

I do have one question: why is Wenceslas IV wearing a bra on his head?

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Logan Ashe Darrow's avatar

OK I wasn't the only person to notice the bra.

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Sonny Bohanan's avatar

In the portrait of Wenceslas IV, does he have a blue brassiere on his head? And is the bra attached to a stick?

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Josephine Vraca's avatar

That this act is so widespread it has its own verb.

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